Plex2Shell: how four Plex flaws add up to a 9.8

CISA added the four Plex Media Server flaws chained in Plex2Shell to its KEV catalog. Each is rated medium to high alone; together they give unauthenticated remote code execution.

Plex2Shell: how four Plex flaws add up to a 9.8

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